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The agricultural districts of England are the 

 backbone — or the greater portion of it — of her 

 prosperity, and Australia, I have not the slightest 

 doubt, would eagerly accept this portion of the 

 backbone. 



Another word of advice, if I may give it. No 

 man should go out to the Colonies under the 

 impression he will not have to work. He will have 

 to work hard; but if he be a good man, he will be 

 well paid for what he does. 



In writing of " failures,'' I do not allude to the 

 man who fails to obtain work through lack of employ- 

 ment. Such a man might do well in Australia, 

 because it has been no fault of his own he has not 

 done well here. 



There is plenty of wealth in the Colonies. 

 Depression there has been, but that will soon be 

 dispersed. A more delightful place to live in than 

 Australia, for the general run of people, it would be 

 difficult to find. 



They know how to live and how to enjoy life 

 there. One writer on the Colonies, who, by the bye, 

 was a ghastly failure as a lecturer, condemns the 

 cookery. 



Australia is not a land of gourmands and gluttons, 

 but it is a land of plenty, and, as far as cookery goes, 

 it gives a long start to the horrible messes some 

 people delight in. 



